When the world and our emotions are going up and down like a roller coaster, a stable foundation helps to keep us grounded. Awareness, the ability to be present, observing everything without grasping anything while […]
Genuine humility is hard to practice. We so easily get stuck in ego. Any kind of grasping our getting stuck on ourself, or selfishness, is ego. Usually people understand this to be arrogance. Insecurity is […]
Blow your top with love. The next time you are irritated or distressed, blow your top with love. Remember the other person with whom you are distressed is stuck. They are stuck in their old […]
The more we love ourself without arrogance, and the more we love others without attachment, the happier we are and the happier others are. So, what’s holding us back? Kleshas (negative harmful emotions) hold us […]
Often we get stuck in a funk. We are paralyzed and taken over by insecurity. We cannot accomplish anything. Nor can we just relax and be. Trying to push out of it just drains us. […]
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